Sanctuary Purification (Lv 170+ Instance)
Renegade temple guards who broke their oath to the goddess have turned on Rachel's sanctuary. You join the loyal guards on a daily cleansing sweep, clearing the grounds zone by zone before the enemy reaches the temple. This is an Episode 18 daily instance.
Requirements
| Base Level | 170+ |
| Party | Required (a party of one works) |
| Who triggers | The party leader must lead. Only the leader can start each zone (see below) |
| Story | You must have progressed the Episode 18 main quest to see the entrance NPC |
| Cooldown | Once per day per character |
Getting There
The entrance NPC is Priest#sms01 at rachel 167,244. She is hidden until you have reached the right point in the Episode 18 story, so if you cannot see her, keep going with the main quest first.
- Party leader: talk to the Priest and accept the raid. You can take both raid objectives in one run.
- She sends the whole party into the instance.
The Zones — how progression actually works
This is the part that trips people up. Inside, you do not fight roaming monsters. Each zone has a lone Temple Guard NPC standing in it. Walk up to that guard and the zone's enemies spawn around you. Kill every one of them and the gate (a warp) to the next zone opens. Repeat through four garden zones, then the captain opens the way to the temple.
Only the party leader can trigger a zone. Walking a non-leader up to the guard does nothing — no dialogue, no monsters, no open gate. If your run feels "dead" with no mobs and no way forward, it is almost always because the person in front is not the party leader. The leader has to be the one who walks up to each guard. Members can then help fight; they just cannot start the zone.
The walls between zones are sealed on purpose. You cross to the next zone through the warp that opens after you clear the current one, not by walking around.
Monsters
| Monster | Level |
|---|---|
| Heart Hunter | 178 |
| Temple Guard | 179 |
| Renegade Guard | 182 |
They hit hard and have large HP pools, so bring a party that can hold a zone. Friendly and enemy guards look alike in the dark, so watch your target.
Rewards
Finish the sweep, then return to Priest#sms01 at rachel 167,244 to claim your reward: Amethyst Fragments (item Amethyst Fragment), the Episode 18 currency. Taking both raid objectives in a run pays more than taking one. Because it is a daily, you can run it once per character per day.
Tips
- Make sure the person leading is the actual party leader. This is the single most common reason a run stalls.
- You need Base Level 170 and Episode 18 story progress just to see the entrance.
- Keep the party together; the leader spawns each zone, so everyone should be ready before the leader touches the guard.